An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ABDICATION
abdication, stepping down
(noun) the act of abdicating
abdication, stepping down
(noun) a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abdication (countable and uncountable, plural abdications)
(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power[First attested in the late 17th century.]
(obsolete, legal) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment. [Attested only in the mid 18th century.]
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`di*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication.]
Definition: The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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